How many Chicagoans actually know who their alderman is, or what their alderman does? Well, Chance the Rapper is here to break it down for us in his Chicagoist TV exclusive, “Elderly Alderman.”
The 14-minute YouTube video is the first release under Chance’s new tenure as Chicagoist owner. The digital news site shut down in 2017 when its former billionaire owner, and President Donald Trump supporter, Joe Ricketts, pulled the plug on its parent company, Gothamist LLC, and DNA Info.
In July, Chance announced that he’d purchased the Chicagoist in “I Might Need Security,” one of four new songs in a surprise release on Soundcloud. The “Elderly Alderman” video, which dropped Friday, is a preview of what’s to come from Chicagoist once it fully launches.